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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 09:48 AM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

Will see what I can do on Saturday. No time right now. Sorry
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 08:11 PM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

A tip on the law, Amber lights are legal on the rear and light up real good. You can switch them any way you want. On a big truck I had bright amber turn signals on the back of the trailer. Used to use the emergency flashers to back up and then got the idea, a switch across the flasher turned them on steady and gave me good backup lights with only a switch and a foot of wire. On the rear of a vehicle you can have amber to red colored lights, on the front you can have amber to white.
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 01:20 PM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

Finally had some time to take a couple of pics and figure out how to paste them here. Hope it works this time.
On the close up if you look really carefully you can just see the switch above the top RH corner of the licence plate. BTW, I am not worried about the number being visable. Try and track this truck down.





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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

VERY slick install Stan. 8)

Hmmmmmmm. that gives me a new project. ;D

Thanks.

Ed
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 02:20 PM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

Very nice indeed. I'm planning to somdeay cut holes in the metal part of the bumper (don't have as much room adjacent to the license plate as you do on your '03) so the lights will be farther apart than yours. But who knows when I'll get around to that project.
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 02:39 PM
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Re:Fogs as Reverse Lamps

Thanks for compliments. Forgot to mention a couple of things.
The surface where the lights sit is not totally flat so with the lights installed there is a slight gap. I just used some black silicone sealant and the gap is not obvious unless you go right up to the lights and look for it. Also I just tapped right into the backup light wiring. I know the OEM wiring is very light but my reasoning is that the backup lights are normally on only for a few seconds at time, so the OEM wiring should not drop the voltage too much. So far the lights appear to be at full brightness and no fuse has blown. One light had to have the wires lengthed a few inches. For the lights to be on with the ignition off I tapped into the live wire going into the trailer plug which of course had to be relocated. All connections were covered with RTV after I finished.
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